New Delhi: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in a public notice has provided one week’s extension to all dental colleges to fill the seats for BDS courses for the academic year 2016-17. This comes in compliance of an order issued by the the Hon’ble supreme court (vide its order dated 27.09.2016) which has given the following directive on ‘Extention of Time schedule for completion of admissions of BDS courses for the academic session 2016-17′ :

‘In view of the aforesaid, extension of time for seven days is granted commencing from 1.10.2016, to fill up seats in BDS Course in the dental colleges all over the country.’

‘Needless to mention that seats which have been filled up shall be excluded from the present direction.’ the direction added